The News Boy George Fabulous

 

1. ich bin kunst

2. st christopher

3. she was never he

4. cheapness and beauty

5. fat cat

6. if i could fly

7. unfinished business

8. julian

9. wrong

10. letter to a school friend

11. the deal

12. losing control

13. samething in reverse

14. il adore

15. bow down mister

16. out of fashion

Ich Bin Kunst ('I Am Art') Ich bin kunst, can't you see Look at you, then look at me I am art, you're parody Ich Bin Kunst Je suis art, tres tres debonair Because you don't, because I dare I blow your mind, C'est mon plaisir Ich Bin Kunst It started when I was only a boy I couldn't kick a ball, climb a tree, play at war I took pleasure in the things that make men shudder I dressed up in the wardrobe of my mother! My father said "Don't panic, it's a phase" "Phase one" I said and snipped and sewn for days I dreamed of London town, art and fashion was my thing I arrived and took a job in Burger King (it was nothing!) Ich bin kunst, can't you see Look at you, then look at me I am art, Ha!, you're parody Ich Bin Kunst Je suis art, tres tres tres tres debonair Because you don't, and because I dare I blow your mind, C'est mon plaisir Ich Bin Kunst!

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St. Christopher Sexual attraction, it's all in the eye Like oil on water, ain't no reason why Somebody rejects you, don't you feel like you could die Oh spare me don't give me none of that, you knew crap Cause you're lying here with your pretty head in my lap Stripped to the waist, higher than the stars We all need tenderness sometimes, so we know who we are Just for a moment I looked in the mirror and saw My ugliness looking so insecure I know what's up fool, you got the bug You're drunk on the stuff, you're in love with love Don't be no sucker, your heart is tough It ain't about him you're in love with love Sweet St. Christopher, you got a cheeky grin And you took me home instead of him But in love or war no one ever wins Oh do me a favour spare me all that crap You ain't no spider in a web and you weren't trapped Just for a moment I thought I had really scored Then I felt like a devil and you looked extremely bored I know what's up fool, you got the bug You're drunk on the stuff, you're in love with love Don't be no sucker, your heart is tough It ain't about him, you're in love with love You're in love with love Everyone's in love with love I'm in love, I'm in love with love Didn't someone once tell ya you're a god damn flirt But what you refuse to hear, it can never hurt But I still dig you baby, for what it's worth And please think of me next time your poor heart hurts

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She Was Never He Tasha was a stunning vision, painted eyes with such precision Longer legs than any girl I know Swishing down the Old Kent Road, with her hips on overload Making sure the loneliness don't show She was never he for as long as I remember She was never of her gender categorically She was never he though the boys at school were cruel You would have to be a fool not to see That she was never... Jodie she was quelle surprised, to fool the boys was such a breeze But deep inside her heart the terror flowed What if he should realise, break her heart or black her eyes These things are so important for a girl to know She was never he for as long as I remember She was never of her gender categorically She was never he though this world could be so cruel You would have to be a fool not to see And the government says you no longer exist It's a kick in the eye, it's the final twist Of the surgeon's knife Welcome to my glamourous life Oh the big dark man Will he turn a blind eye Love me for who I am Turn me out and make me cry She was never he for as long as I remember She was never of her gender categorically She was never he though this world could be so cruel You would have to be a fool not to see She was never he for as long as I remember She was never of her gender categorically She was never he though this world could be so cruel You would have to be a fool not to see that she was never...

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Cheapness and Beauty This is a real addiction, confusion and cheap tattoos A princess, a car thief, and a lost shoe Loneliness, laughter, lust, the promise of pain Judas in blue jeans tell me your name Eyes across the room, unspoken Eyes, glitter promise Cheapness and beauty Trickery and lies Cheapness and beauty Oh I'm so weak sometimes Glue for the broken toy, the wings for the saint A buddah, a false God, and some war paint Wasting your wisdom, yes, but who can you trust Love holds a mirror up to all of us Eyes across the room, unspoken Eyes, glitter promise Cheapness and beauty Trickery and lies Cheapness and beauty Oh I'm weak sometimes It's much too late to say goodbye despite all good advice This pain is such a part of me, I won't apologise For running to your rescue though you slap me in the face It doesn't really matter 'Cause we always fall in love again Cheapness and beauty Trickery and lies Cheapness and beauty Oh I'm so weak sometimes Cheapness and beauty Oh, Trickery and lies Cheapness, cheapness I won't apologise Cheapness and beauty Oh, I see it in your eyes Cheapness and beauty Oh, I'm so weak sometimes

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Fat Cat Another song of woe Woe sounds like this You say nothing's changed, where were you when my world Was spinning into masquerade You claim it's just a question of mathematics I shut the door on your amateur dramatics Then you think too much And you talk too much, vicariously Yeah you think too much And you talk too much, every word is substance free You're the dirt on my collar You're the hole in my favourite shoe You're the last dying breath of love You're the weight that I need to lose And you hurt yourself You say I'm deranged, I'll admit to being strange But I just can't stop loving you If the light in your eyes Addiction came as a surprise Didn't think I'd be so into you Then you think too much And you talk too much, so carelessly Yeah you think too much And you talk too much, every word is substance free You're the dirt on my collar You're the hole in my favourite shoe You're the last dying breath of love You're the weight that I need to lose You're the dirt on my collar You're the hole in my favourite shoe You're the last, the last dying breath of love You're the weight that I need to lose You're the dirt on my collar You're the hole in my favourite shoe You're the last dying breath of love You're the weight that I need to lose

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If I Could Fly Stone by the river, got no wind in my sails No revolutions in my soul Hey, revelation's just a moment away Soon I'm gonna be old, soon you're gonna be old Remember love is not something you can keep It just takes the wind to blow it away You look so ugly as you lie there asleep Boy you're pretty today, so pretty today When I was born they poisoned my mind They told me to fight but I'm not that kind They said I was meek but I did not mind It's a case of the weak leading the blind I see the stars have spelt your name in the sky I wrote it too down here in the sand When I first met you, you stirred nothing at all See the cards in your hand, see the cards in your hand And Oh if I could fly I said oh if I could fly Don't you know that if I could fly I'd take to the sky I feel so special when I'm making you cry But I regret the things I throw in your face, I do This drug will kill you darling this is no lie This dragon we chase, this dragon we chase When I was born they poisoned my mind They told me to fight but I'm not that kind They said I was meek but I did not mind It's a case of the weak fooling the blind And Oh if I could fly I said oh if I could fly Don't you know that if I could fly I'd take to the sky And Oh if I could fly I said oh if I could fly Don't you know that if I could fly I'd take to the sky, yes I would

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Unfinished Business Boy I know your secrets Though you brag and swagger And you lay women down You're the same tough guy That cried in my arms And kissed me when the lights went down I hear you married some Danish girl I'm so glad that it wasn't me Cuz you're like so many of those boys I've known You break your promise easily Unfinished business, fox in the headlights Tears for what might have been Unfinished business, crawling out of the woodwork You know how to ruin a good dream See your life reflected in my painted eyes These memories are hard to shake I pressed my lips against your trembling flesh And waited for your back to break You liar, you coward, you sleeping fool Don't you know that secrets kill Heaven and hell are right here on Earth Decided by your own free will Unfinished business, fox in the headlights Tears for what might have been Unfinished business, crawling out of the woodwork I know how to ruin a good dream Now go tell your friends that I'm mad in my head That I don't know what I mean You walk like Jack and you love like Mary And you're more than a bit of a queen Unfinished business, yeah tough guy You know exactly what I mean You lie, you lie, you lie You lie, you lie, you lie Unfinished business, yeah You know exactly what I mean

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Julian Felt like my world revolved around your hazel eyes Those scattered-cushion lips, eyelashes that flutter like butterflies Your arms around me in the morning oh but the catalogue of lies So many things just don't add up, you're just a child why should I be surprised? Why can't you pick up the phone Oh how gutless can you be Run as far as you can You'll never escape me Oh Julian don't tell me it was all just lies Oh Julian don't keep it all internalised Oh Julian you're just a small boy in a big man's world I said some foolish things but you took my voice away Like an audience of one, such a lonely game to play Hey you feel so much, have you nothing more to say Except 'just leave me alone', we'll both laugh about this one day Don't tell me the world is changing You're living proof of just how uptight it can be And a fag who hates himself Is her own worse enemy Oh Julian was it anything for fame Oh Julian will you do it all again Oh Julian the fizz has gone from your champagne I hold nothing back, I give it all away I am the Thunder 317, blue eyed, vulnerable seeking and similar Camp-acting, very scene, I'm flaming, I'm screaming Looking for someone brave enough to love me Oh Julian don't tell me it was all just lies Oh Julian don't keep it all internalised Oh Julian you're just a small boy in a big man's world

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Wrong Allow me my own diginity... I came to the city with my head so full of dreams The city was safe alright, but not from me See I've been in trouble since I lay my suitcase down I love the sound of my own voice, but now I want it drowned I've got nothing to be proud of And there's so little I possess I gave away my love and my, my diginity And somehow I covered up the rest How did it all go so wrong? It was nothing like this in the magazines I can hear my father's voice, hear his laughter in the wind Saying "boy, you'll never amount to anything" I clutched at desire I never listened to my heart I didn't know I had one, that it could beat so fast Oh I've been a user, such a liar, such a fake Always thinking of myself, always on the make Now I've got nothing I can give you Except self-pity and regret But if you let me prove I love you I'll be the one boy you'll never forget How did it all go so wrong? It was nothing like this on the TV screen I can hear my mother's voice, hear her crying in the wind Saying "boy, baby boy, you can be anything" How did it all go, go so wrong? It was nothing like this in the magazines I can hear my father's voice, hear his laughter in the wind He was right, I'll never be anything He was right, I'll never be anything

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Letter To A School Friend I read your letter and I wept inside You and me were so much alive So much pain, so many tears to hide But I hope you're happy now Yes I hope you're happy now Your mother rejected you and your brother died And your old man had such brutal pride He just couldn't take your sensitive side But I hope you're happy now Yes I hope you're happy now Yes I hope you're happy now I hope you're happy I read your letter and I laughed out loud You were crazy then and you're still crazy now A schoolgirl rebel not some face in the crowd But I hope you're happy now Yes I hope you're happy now Your daddy was cruel, your mother's spirit was free She left you alone to go and dance on the beach Yeah and we were the freaks that they could not teach But I hope you're happy now Yes I hope you're happy now Yes I hope you're happy now I hope you're happy And I wish you love cause your heart is pure From the hell of school to the closet door They said we were fools but we knew so much more yeah yeah I hope you're happy now I read your letter and I wept inside You and me were so much alive So much pain, so many tears to hide But I hope you're happy now Yeah I hope you're happy Yeah I hope you're happy now I hope you're happy Yeah I hope you're happy now Hope you're happy Hope you're happy now, now

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(You Are) The Deal Black woman on the street with attitude Spits through her teeth and stares at you White boy with the living blues Spreads his hatred on a crowded tube Some days I feel removed But all I can do is think of you I feel like I am being used hey-yeah Well you bruise me and you batter me and you make me feel the twist I try to convince myself that I'm strong because of this My friends say I'm beautiful but it's time to get real I'm trying to find some hatred but I can't change the way I feel And this murder happens all around my heels But it ain't real, you are the deal And there's poison flowing all around my head And here I am all alone in bed OId queen on the ship of fools You're worried that it might sail for you White lies from the broken youth Who hasn't got the nerve to cancel you Some days I feel amused But all I can do is think of you I feel like I've been such a fool hey-yeah Well you bruise me and you batter me and you make me feel like dirt And just for one minute I've forgotten what I'm worth My friends say you're beautiful but it's time I got real I'm staring at your picture but I can't change the way I feel And this murder happens all around my heels But it ain't real you are the deal And this poison's flowing all around my head And here I am filled with regret Is it not enough to just feel the love and give it Why can't you give it? Is it not enough to just feel the love and live it Why can't you live it? Why can't you give it? Oh why can't you give it? Why can't you give it? Oh why can't you give it? You are the deal...

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(Am I) Losing Control Sometimes I sit and contemplate The bitterness of my lonely state I know, I know I do create These feelings in my heart I look to you but you're confused I feel like I can only lose Stand a while inside my shoes Feel the rain come down Am I losing control, am I losing control Was I weaker when I met you Try and leave, I just won't let you Am I losing control? Am I losing control? Am I losing... Sometimes I sit and contemplate The hatred that I generate Tell me it is not my fate To lose before I start Oh you with eyes like thickened skies When did ya start to mesmerise? Love it wears a thin disguise You know you are a star Am I losing control, am I losing control Was I weaker when I met you Try and leave, I just won't let you Am I losing control? Am I losing control? I should've changed that stupid lock I should've made you leave me be If I'd known for just one minute You'd become a part of me Am I losing control? Am I losing control? Am I losing you? Am I losing control? Am I losing control? Am I losing? Am I losing control? Am I losing control? Was I weaker when I met you Try and leave, I just can't let you Am I losing control? Am I losing you? Am I losing control? Am I losing control? Was I weaker when I met you You know I won't regret you Am I losing control?

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Same Thing In Reverse How does it feel, what do you do When he's all alone with you Do you kiss him, hold his hand Who's the woman who's the man Is it twisted it is sick Mother nature's little trick I don't have to feel no shame In God's image I am made Your brother doesn't understand How you could love another man And your poor father thinks we're cursed It's the same thing in reverse It's the same thing in reverse Nothing better nothing worse It's the same thing in reverse It's the same thing it's the same thing Love is! La de dah What can you say where do you go Do you want the world to know Make a prison of your fear Be a kamikaze queer Bite my lip hold my tongue Hope I'm not the only one I don't have to be afraid In God's image I am made Your brother doesn't understand How you could love another man And your poor father thinks we're cursed It's the same thing in reverse It's the same thing in reverse Nothing better nothing worse It's the same thing in reverse It's the same thing it's the same thing Do I love him, yes I love him So don't question my affection This is not some damn affliction It's just love in contradiction It's the same thing, it's the same thing Black boys in cars (it's the same thing) White boys with poisonous hearts (it's the same thing) Even on the one eyed guru (it's the same thing) And why the hell you looking at me (it's the same thing) and I never wanted to be part of the gang (it's the same thing) I never saw this as part of my plan (it's the same thing) I walk down the street with pride (it's the same thing) Happy that you're by my side

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Il Adore Mother clutches the head of her dying son Anger and tears, so many things to feel Sensitive boy, good with his hands Noone mentions the unmentionable, but everybody understands Here in this cold white room Tied up to these machines It's hard to imagine him as he used to be Laughing screaming tumbling queen Like the most amazing light show you've ever seen Whirling swirling never blue How could you go and die, what a lonely thing to do Silence equals death, this is what they say But the anger and the tears do not take the pain away How far must it go, how near must it be Before it touches you, before it touches me Here in this cold white room Tied up to these machines It's hard to imagine life as it used to be Laughing screaming tumbling queen Like the most amazing light show that you've ever seen Whirling swirling never blue How could you go and die, what a selfish thing to do Did you ever ask those strangers what they're searching for? Did they laugh and tell you they're not really sure? You were hurt by love but still you came right back for more Il adore, il adore, il adore Thanks Mum

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Bow Down Mister From Bombay to Bangalore All the Hindus know the score If you wanna live some more Hare, hare, hare If you do not take the vow You can eat the sacred cow You'll get karma anyhow Hare, hare, hare Bow down mister Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Bow down mister We say radha syam Do the right thing with your hands Lay down on the pleasing sands Whatever else your faith demands Hare, hare, hare From Bombay to Rayastan Nitai guara, radha syam Hare krishna hare ram Hare, hare, hare Bow down mister Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Bow down mister We say radha syam Bow down mister Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Bow down mister We say radha syam In the desert Jahshamire They put kun kun in their hair At the westerners they stare Hare, hare, hare Paint a tilak on your brow Open like a lotus flower It's time to check your karma now Hare, hare, hare Bow down mister Hare rama, hare krishna Bow down mister We say radha syam Bow down mister Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Bow down mister We say radha syam Bow down mister Hare Rama, Hare Krishna Bow down mister We say radha syam Bow down mister We say radha syam Bow down mister We say radha syam Bow down mister Raise your head and lift your hands to the lord (x4) Hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare Hare ram hare ram rama rama hare hare Hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare Hare ram hare ram rama rama hare hare Raise your head and lift your hands to the lord (x8) Hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare Hare ram hare ram rama rama hare hare Hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare Hare ram hare ram rama rama hare hare Hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare Hare ram hare ram rama rama hare hare

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Out Of Fashion Too much jealousy will make you crazy I've been walking the street in shoes that kill my feet Too much make-up, oh dream like a lady Now you're a prisoner of some shallow dream You're out of fashion, your moment's over And yes I loved you, oh but you wore me out You're out of fashion, so just forget it now A living tragedy, parody fits you like a glove (yes) Too much ego makes you ugly yeah I've been running away from what I really need Desperation pushes love away Now you're a prisoner of your own desire You're out of fashion, your moment's over And yes I loved you, oh but you wore me out You're out of fashion, so just forget it now A living tragedy, parody fits you like a glove (yes) There's enough love in this world for you and me There's enough love for everyone you wait and see There's enough love in this world, so why do we hide what we feel inside There's enough love in this world There's enough love in this world There's enough love in this world, so hear me You're out of fashion, your moment's over And yes I loved you, oh but you wore me out You're out of fashion, so just forget it now A living tragedy, parody fits you like a glove, yes